Global Orbiting Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS) is Russia’s network of 24 navigation satellites in orbit. The system uses radio time signals to locate people and vehicles on the Earth’s surface just like the American and Europian’s Global Positioning System (GPS).

Last Christmas, Russia has successfully sent three satellites into orbit, these will  the last satellites to complete its GLONASS project which is expected to be online in 2009.

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